Bank to open market operations
Young people walk in front of a huge picture of a city planning project at a construction site in Beijing... [read more]
China posts nearly 16% growth in Q1 gold production
China produced 56.183 tons of gold in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year increment of 7.746... [read more]
Gloom gathers over US economy
Retail sales lurch lower while former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan issues a fresh warning that the world's... [read more]
Thomson sells education assets
Private equity deal for $7.75bn will help fund Canadian group's ambitions to merge with rival Reuters.... [read more]
Boots bidders trying to scrimp pensions, warn trustees
The trustees of the Alliance Boots pension scheme believe the private equity bidders planning to take... [read more]
Lord Foster sells to spend more time at the drawing board
The architect behind eye-catching buildings including the "erotic gherkin" in the City and the redeveloped... [read more]
Banks
Manufacturers call on Bank to halt rate rises
The Bank of England should resist the temptation to raise interest rates again this week because inflation... [read more]
ShoreBank thrives despite early predictions
Opening a bank aimed at improving the quality of life in poor urban areas was supposed to be a grand... [read more]
Energy

UK oil output shortfall raises fears of dependence on Russia
The energy industry warned today that government targets of keeping Britain's oil and gas production... [read more]
BP in oilseed tree project
Company sets up a venture with biodiesel firm to increase planting of jatropha, a tree that produces... [read more]
